Miles Away, by The Expansions

Miles Away

by The Expansions

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The Expansions’ debut LP Murmuration landed just over a month ago. In under a week the first vinyl pressing had sold out, while the album had taken top 5 positions in charts around the UK including the iTunes Jazz Charts.

The release gained much love on BBC 6 music, at Mixmag and Vinyl Factory alongside support from tastemakers at Lonely Table, Stamp The Wax, Musica Macondo and beyond.

Murmuration, recorded over three days at Big Noise in Southend, is constructed of single takes, with minimal overdubs, as the band captured the feeling and energy they create live.

Album closer, Miles Away, allows space and time to take precedence, with restrained peaks and developments over a deceptively laid back shuffle of drums and percussion. But as ever, the band cannot resist an explosive finale, as they rise with screeching synths, strings and dubs for a perfect race to the finish line.

Prior to the debut album The Expansions had been constantly busy, playing around Europe with legendary British-Ghanaian soul singer, Andrew Ashong and the exceptional, upcoming talent Connie Constance.

There had also been a breakout project from drummer Jonny Drop - the album Sub Plot gained massive support and love from 6 Music’s Lauren Laverne. While keys-man Dave Koor has been busy playing shows with Gilles Peterson favourite Hector Plimmer, Shaun Escoffery, Wu-Lu, and Ego Ella May, improvising with Yussef Dayes (Yussef Kamaal) and Nubya Garcia, releasing music as Deoke and collaborating with label-mate Scrimshire on their Modified Man exploration.

But this band had always remained an important focus and home for each player in the quartet.

You can hear the influences of Idris Muhammad, Grover Washington, even parallels with South London peers Yussef Kamaal and Ruby Rushton. But The Expansions have tirelessly worked to create a sound of their own and are very proud, along with label Albert’s Favourites, to finally share it.

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released May 4, 2018

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The Expansions London, UK

The Expansions are a Jazz Funk quartet hailing from South London. Influenced by the street sounds of the 70's and Blaxploitation, The Expansions bring a new dimension to a classic sound.

James O'Keefe - Guitar
Dave Koor - Keys and Synths
Jonny Drop - Drums
Matt Summerfield - Bass ... more

discography

Mosaic

Oct 2018
Miles Away

May 2018
Murmuration

Mar 2018
Ivory Mountain

Feb 2018
Breakthrough

Dec 2017
Aubergine's Escape

Oct 2014
The Lavender EP

Dec 2013
Lavender

Jul 2013

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